[theme-reviewers] Theme Tag: Responsive

[Paul Appleyard]

Congrats, Emil!

https://cyberchimps.com/2013/02/cyberchimps-acquires-themeid-and-responsive-wordpress-theme/

.. probably the wrong list for this but I thought it was worth a *wave*


On 26/02/2013 3:28 PM, Emil Uzelac wrote:
> "mobile-friendly" is good, no doubt about that, however that is not
> what people are searching for.
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> If we take Google keyword tool for example we'll see that folks are
> not looking for these keywords.
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> "mobile ready design" returns 0 searches, while "responsive web design"
> shows about 200K monthly.
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> Not to disagree over the word "responsive" and I leave this entirely 
> up to Otto,
> however Amy does have a solid point, "responsive" is no longer a fad, 
> it's a technique.
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> And it doesn't matter what we think about the word, "responsive" is
> here to stay and it will grow even more this year.
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> Take a look at this link please:
> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/hardinmd/2012/05/03/responsive-design-sites-higher-ed-libraries-notables/
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> My experience is completely opposite from Justin's and I can count on 
> a single
> hand how many clients asked me to build a "mobile-*" design.
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> Each month I design at least couple of sites and setup between 5-8.
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> Here's another proof 
> <http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/responsive/stats/>: tomorrow 
> reaching half a million downloads 13% comes from
> WPORG and the rest is from the search engines ;)
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> Now you be the judge what's really going on.
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> My 2¢
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> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Justin Tadlock 
> <justin at justintadlock.com <mailto:justin at justintadlock.com>> wrote:
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>     I'm on board with a "mobile-friendly" or similarly-named tag but
>     not "responsive".  I've set up probably 50+ sites for regular
>     people over the past year.  Not a single one of those people knew
>     what responsive meant.  Nearly all of them knew what mobile
>     friendly/ready meant.
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>     Also, +1 to possibly overhauling the current tag system and adding
>     more user-oriented tags.
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>     On 2/25/2013 8:21 PM, Daniel Fenn wrote:
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>         Otto has a good point about the word responsive, it would be
>         better if
>         it was mobile-friendly or something like that.
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>         Also while we are at it, can we add tags where themes are
>         designed to
>         intergrate with different systems, for example my propress
>         theme where
>         one can use it to have their forum look on their blog as well.
>         (I know
>         it old but I am updating it and I think it almost ready to
>         have the
>         reviewers pick at it.
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>         On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Merci Javier
>         <mercijavier at gmail.com <mailto:mercijavier at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>             On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Amy Hendrix
>             <sabreuse at gmail.com <mailto:sabreuse at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>                 The whole point of the tag filter is to allow
>                 end-users to find things
>                 more easily. Whether you think it's a buzzword or not,
>                 "Responsive" has come
>                 to be *very* widely used in the web design world over
>                 the course of several
>                 years. "Adaptive" has not.
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>             What Amy said.
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>             +1 on adding "responsive" tag.
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